"How could it be...... There is no ...... anywhere."

After dealing with the three-headed dog of hell, Chu Xuan led everyone back to the place where Dai Tuowu had fallen before, but no matter where he could find his remains, this made Kurashima Chiyuri, who was originally afraid to look at the corpse, even more depressed.

And Arita Chunxue, who witnessed the death of her friend, was completely like a puppet at this time, but her eyes were straight, and her expression was blank and she followed behind Chu Xuan, looking more sad than dead.

"It seems to have been 'refreshed', and I have never heard of anyone who has brought back the remains of the deceased for burial."

Chu Xuan pushed down his reflective glasses expressionlessly, and said lightly in a voice as smooth and uninhibited as ever.

Previously, when Dai Tuowu first died, his body did not immediately disappear into pieces, but was preserved like a slain monster.

However, after the monster was peeled and cramped, cut and deboned, the various traces left on the earth will soon disappear, in the saying of "earth people", this is to return life to the god of life, ** and return to Mother Earth.

Presumably, the same is true of Dai Tuowu, who has not been desecrated by "touching the corpse", but the use of the word "refresh" may alleviate everyone's fear of "death" - perhaps, Dai Tuowu's body in reality is actually fine? Akihiko Kayaba actually just played a bad joke with everyone?

"Whoaaaa......a Xiao Tuo - ! ”

Hearing Chu Xuan's words, the blind-eyed Kurashima Qianyuri finally knelt on the [***] soil that was scattered with a faint black gas, covered her face sadly and cried loudly.

"Xiao Qian...... Damn ......"

Kurashima Chiyuri's cry woke up the blank face of Arita Haruki, and he stretched out his hand to this childhood sweetheart girl very worriedly, but he didn't have the courage to go to her side to comfort her, so he could only reprimand himself in a low voice of grief and indignation...... Or maybe it was Akihiko Kayaba, and then he raised his hand, wiped the tears that he couldn't stop with the back of his hand, gritted his teeth and sobbed in a low voice.

As teammates, although the girls in the "Holy Black Cat Knights" wasteland development team want to comfort Haruyuki Arita and Chiyuri Kurashima, they don't know whether they should speak out at this time, and whether it will make the other party feel that they don't really care too much about Dai Tuowu's death.

Perhaps, when they attend the funeral, if any, is the right opportunity for them to solemnly express their condolences.

But in the more than a month that they were locked up in the "Realm of the Gods", they had only heard the news of the increase in the number of deceased, but they had never heard of any of the deceased's friends holding a funeral for him.

Maybe all players are subconsciously avoiding this ritual that proves that a person is really dead, or maybe everyone is worried about their own lives and don't have the extra heart to hold a funeral for others.

"Funeral", when I think of this word, everyone's mood becomes very heavy, in the "outside world", Dai Tuowu's family should hold a funeral for his real body, right? And the families of Kurashima Chiyuri and Arita Haruki may also participate, right?

(If I die, how sad will my family be?) ）

This lingering unfortunate thought involuntarily appeared in everyone's hearts, and they couldn't help but feel related to Dai Tuowu's death, but it was impossible to say how sad it was, and maybe they were relieved in their hearts - because it was not them who died this time, but "others".

It is probably for this reason that no one immediately approached Kurashima Chiyuri or Arita Haruki to express their condolences, and they were afraid that their "less sad" expressions would anger the real relatives and friends of the deceased.

Everyone stood silently with their heads bowed around the crying Kurashima Chiyuri and Arita Haruki, as if they were also mourning for the dead Dai Takutake.

After a long time, even the two people who were crying had dried their tears, Chu Xuan's overly flat voice sounded again:

"Regroup, let's go back."

With the order, everyone acted silently, even Kurashima Chiyuri and Arita Haruki did not have any doubts.

As a senior of the same school, Kuroyukihime silently walked to the side of Kurashima Chiyuri, gently supporting her, and Chiyuri, who was so weak that she seemed to fall down at any time, did not refuse Kuroyukihime's kindness, but took the initiative to lean her head on the shoulders of her seniors, probably her soul was in great need of a support at this time.

“……”

The expression on her face softened a little when she saw that Kurashima Chiyuri had been taken care of, and then silently picked up her sword again and came to the position where she should be standing in the defensive formation.

"Asuna went to fill the vacancy of Kuroyukihime, and Arita Haruki moved five steps forward, and this party moved to Asuna's position."

Chu Xuan slightly adjusted the formation of the missing two people, and then gave the order to advance, Arita Chunxue walked silently on the side of the team, looking a little absent-minded, but Chu Xuan rarely did not reprimand him.

Anyway, there is Asuna at the end of the team to take care of, and the monsters in this area will not be re-"refreshed" so quickly, so let Haruyuki Arita himself be quiet in the back.

Walking in the middle of the line, Chu Xuan, who was still holding his head high as when he came, pushed down his reflective glasses expressionlessly, and the figures of Kurashima Chiyuri and Kuroyukihime were reflected in his glasses.

"That...... Chu Xuan ......"

At this time, the black cat moved to Chu Xuan's side with some embarrassment, gently tugged at the corner of his clothes, and called him very quietly.

"What's the matter?"

Chu Xuan, who seemed to be no different from usual, turned his head and asked casually, as if he didn't take Dai Tuowu's death to heart at all, or maybe because as a commander, he couldn't let those bad emotions affect his judgment.

"W-That...... No, don't blame yourself too much, it's not your fault, no one knows that the boss will hide such a skill in the end. ”

Although the voice of the black cat was not loud, in this unusually quiet environment, everyone could hear it clearly.

Everyone's bodies paused, they didn't expect that the black cat was actually going to comfort Chu Xuan, or rather, they never thought that Chu Xuan, a "robot" who always had a poker face and didn't seem to have human feelings at all, would also need comfort.

So, they unconsciously quietly pricked up their ears, wanting to hear what Chu Xuan would say. (To be continued.) )